Last week you read about EpicCon2016 HERE. An event like this needs to end with an event just as big. And it was. The Epic Party followed. Aprille Franks-Hunt produced her first film, Unbroken Resilience, a film about her life, her resiliency, and her starting a movement to change how women bounce back from unfortunate circumstances. When Aprille was 19, she was raped by a man she was dating, a man whom she … [Read more...]
An Epic Weekend: EpicCon2016
Reaching the top 4th trending hashtag on twitter during the weekend of The Epic Conference, #EpicCon2016 lived up to it's name. It WAS Epic. First of all, in case you missed my post inviting you to The Epic Conference and sharing what it was, you can read about it HERE. This was all about purpose driven entrepreneurs who came to hear: solutions for their business strategies to increase revenues ways to position brands how to … [Read more...]
The Epic Conference 2016
You've heard me say before Go Big or Go Home. Today, this is what we're going to be talking about. Doing things in a big way. In an EPIC way. Are you wanting to start a business? Are you wanting to gain clarity in the business that you have? Increase the impact you make with the products or services you are offering? Are you wanting to attract your ideal client because you might be missing the target? Are you wanting to amplify … [Read more...]
Travel Tips on Traveling With the Little Ones
Being that spring break is full under way, I thought I'd share a few of my tips on traveling with the little ones. There is nothing more frustrating than going on a trip, all to make it stressful, exhausting, full of whining and complaining, all to make it really not very fun at all. Who wants that? Not me! So coming from an experienced momma bear, I thought I'd share some tips with you I've learned over the years of mommy hood. Watch my … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Find Peace Among the Chaos
Sometimes it feels as if every time we turn on the TV, or scroll thru social media, we see nothing but sad or tragic things. And sometimes it's hard to not let those things get to us. I know I'm very sensitive to some of the things I see and it can be difficult to find some peace of mind. So today I thought I'd share a few pointers that have helped me discover some calm among the storm. Shut out the world. I know … [Read more...]
Fuzzy Friday: Birthday Cake Martini and 20 Things I’d Tell My Younger Self
Today I celebrate my birthday. I'm into my 4th decade of life and I have to say, life is pretty good. I can't complain! Does time fly? YES. We had a little chat about that earlier this week. Remember HERE? So today we're going to have some extra fun here. I'm sharing one of my ABSOLUTE favorite fancy drinks, the Birthday Cake Martini with you. Get the recipe HERE where I first posted it on The OP Life. It's SO good and SO tasty … [Read more...]
Patience: Do You Have It? 3 Steps To Get It
Instant gratification. I know I always wanted what I wanted and I wanted it THEN. Ahhhhh... Patience, my dear. Do you have patience? We all have heard the phrase "Patience is a virtue." It's how you deal with that "waiting" time. Sometimes things seem to be a fog as we go through the journey of patience. But there is beauty in that fog. Do you have it? Need to learn to how to get it? Watch … [Read more...]
Fuzzy Friday: BYOC
I'm BACK.... I had to get my groove on y'all. Keeping it real. Out all last week for Market with my girl, flight delay coming home till the WEE hours of the morning, phone crashing. Such is life. But... life is SO good, you have NO idea! Lots of amazingness happened, and as the momager, I had a few followups I had going on, plus, to be honest, I needed to REST. As most of you know, every Friday on The OP Life is Fuzzy Friday. So … [Read more...]
Back To Market and Making a Dream Come True
A brief introduction to the new faces visiting to The OP Life. You know me as the blogger who loves fun cocktails, effortless understated style with both luxe and a bargain combined, gold and mirror, who always is trying to make the healthiest smartest choices as possible (not always as successful!), and who believes we need to live authentically. In case you didn't know, my daughter has a business of her own, and I also happen to be her … [Read more...]
What About These Goals for 2016?
Goals schmoals. Ya ya ya. Everyone is talking about them. Tis the season for resolutions, dreaming big, and what's your vision for 2016. Well, I'm going to be flat out HONEST with you. Straight up. I was hanging out with my amazing friend and coach Aprille Franks-Hunt (talked about her HERE ) and I was sharing with her some thoughts on goals. Watch and see what I have to say about … [Read more...]
A Look Back, A Look Ahead: Lessons I Learned in 2015
Today is the first day we need to kinda act like "adults". It's Monday (first of all), and the first Monday of the year, meaning the celebrating and holiday-ing are now over. Whether we work a 9-5 type of job or not, life pretty much "resumes" to the day to day thing we do. As we've just closed the chapter to another year, I wanted to reflect back on some lessons learned in 2015: Never say never. If you're working hard and doing … [Read more...]
#WIDN: What I’m Doing Now…
Christmas break is here, yipee!!! And with that, we have the hustle and bustle and to-do's and kids and company and presents and stuff, stuff, stuff... and I was mentally unplugged for a few weeks (a few weeks ago... you can read why HERE), so I'm playing catch up... So that means I get to sleep in a little later, or not... ok maybe so... well, depends if I'm sleeping really good and Angel decides to wake me and walk all over me at 5 am … [Read more...]
How To Handle Life When Dealing With Tough Times
Speaking from the heart today. In case you've wondered where I've been, I got the news just before Thanksgiving that my sweet daddy had colon cancer. Although we did find out we caught it in time just this weekend, we're still not out of the woods, as he could be dealing with possible pneumonia. Needless to say, whatever the illness, it feels like crisis mode to me, because I'm an only child (I'm sure you could NEVER see my invisible crown, … [Read more...]
DecemberScopers
I'm back again talking about Periscope. You can see a few of my other posts on Periscope HERE and HERE. 1. Because it's almost the beginning of the month, and I'm sharing our daily prompts with you, in case you want to jump in and do this with me, and/or in case you want to jump in and follow us #DecemberScopers! 2. If you like what I share here on TheOPLife.com you might want to check it out because I don't share the same … [Read more...]
I’m Thankful For…
I'm thankful for my family. The Mister and my babies. For loving me with all that I am, with my quirks and all of my passions and for my days of craziness when I just won't stop. I'm thankful for my parents. I can't say enough about these two. They taught me everything I know about the rules of life. What a scare I had with my daddy this week, so that makes this season of Thanksgiving one to be even more thankful. Just discovered this … [Read more...]
What To Wear: PJs for the Weekend
It's a holiday weekend and it's time for family, time to eat good food, and time to watch movies, relax and time to be in pjs. We all need some times to just decompress and love to think of long extended holiday weekends like this. This is the shop local weekend and I plan on doing that, but I also plan on relaxing as much as I can. This time of year and during the Christmas break, wardrobe should consist of comfy clothes. And pjs are in … [Read more...]
Praying for the World
Praying for Paris. Praying for the world. Praying for peace and love and for a time when life was simple. When we could enjoy the beauties of everywhere on this earth and be carefree. When we could live without fear. And we could love each other. And when life was simple. Life. On Purpose. (image via Cleo Wade) … [Read more...]
How To Complete an Overwhelming Task
I don't give lots of parenting advice on my blog for several reasons. One. Not everyone reading this is a momma. Two, I'm not an expert at being a parent. I just do what I know and feel is best for each circumstance we're in and pray that I'm doing and teaching my kids the best that I can. That's all we can in do in everything in life, right? So today I can't help but share this golden nugget that happened to me that I hope can help any … [Read more...]
Spa Break and a New Look
The OP Life is taking a few days off this week for a spa break.... Just like we redecorate our homes and give it, update our wardrobe and buy new clothes, change our hairstyle, my online home is getting a new fresh look. I have some exciting things on the horizon, and we always want to put our best foot forward, so with that, I will see you VERY soon, with a new look! The OP Life will be even MORE On Purpose and ready to take … [Read more...]
4 Steps to Improve Your State of Mind
It's Motivational Monday, and today, let's motivate ourselves to have a more positive state of mind! When we watch the news, and even pursue social media feeds, it's easy to get depressed. I shared some thoughts regarding social media and all we do with that HERE. So many bad events taking place around the world, and more and more people sharing the negative opinions on Facebook and elsewhere make it a lot more difficult to stay … [Read more...]
